2016 Delaware Code
Title 31 - Welfare
CHAPTER 15. DELAWARE WELFARE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
§ 1509. Welfare Employment Committee.

(a) The Welfare Employment Committee (the "Committee") is established to assist the Department and the Cooperating Agencies in placing AFDC recipients in unsubsidized private sector jobs, and to advise them on the policy, direction and implementation of all of Delaware's welfare-to-work efforts, including the Program. The Committee shall operate in close cooperation with the Delaware Workforce Investment Board (the "Board") and shall provide the Board with its advice with respect to the allocation of job training and placement funds for implementation of the State's welfare-to-work efforts.

(b) The Committee shall have 7 members appointed by the Governor, who shall designate one member to serve as Chairperson at the Governor's pleasure. At least 5 of those members shall be representatives of employers, 2 of the members shall be at large. No more than 4 members may belong to the same political party.

(c) The initial appointees to the Committee shall serve until February 1, 1997. Three of the appointees who begin service after February 1, 1997, shall have terms of 3 years, 2 shall have terms of 2 years, and 2 shall have terms of 1 year, as designated by the Governor at the time of their appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the duration of the unexpired term. Committee members shall be eligible for reappointment.

(d) The Committee shall recruit employers for AFDC recipients. For that purpose and to assist the State in placing AFDC recipients in private sector jobs, the Committee may hold public meetings and meet periodically with employers, AFDC recipients, and relevant State agencies to remove barriers to the placement of public assistance recipients in private sector jobs and to adapt State policies, including the Program, so as to better accomplish such placements.

(e) The Board shall include a section in its annual report prepared by the Committee regarding the status and implementation of the State's efforts to place AFDC recipients in private sector jobs, including the Committee's recommendations for improvements in such efforts.

70 Del. Laws, c. 66, § 2; 72 Del. Laws, c. 392, §§ 1-3.;